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 SHREWSBURY. 143 of his infamous wife. Will pr. 166S. His widow, m., before 24 June 1677, George Rodney Rriduks, of Keynsham, co. Somerset, who was (our. 9 Feb. 1713, at St. Giles' in the lields.) She d 20, and was bur. 24 April 1702, at St. Giles', afsd. Will dat. 1 April 1678, pr. 28 May 1702, by her husband. XV. 1G68. 12 and 1. Charles (Taluot), Earl of Shrewsbury, _ ., also EaRL ok Wateiooku [I.], 3d but only surv. s. and h.,{*) and u ' only child by second wife, 6. 24 July 1660, being godson of Charles I. IC>94, tL whose christian name he received ; styled Loud Talbot till he t(l sue. to the peerage, as above, 16 March 1667/8. Soon after he came 1718 conformed to the established religion ; was L. Lieut, of Staffordshire, 1681-87 ; Extra. Gent, of the Bedchamber, 1683-85 ; Hearer of the Sword, " Curtaua." at the Coron. of James II., 23 April 1685 ; Col. of the 2.1 Beg. of Horse, 16S5-87 ; was one of the L. Lieuts. dis- missed by James II. in 1687 U u ) was one of those "in arras with the Prince of Orange " in 16SS,j c ) being indeed one of the seven signatories ( d ) in June 1688 of the invitation to that l'rince to come over to England. He was, accordingly, in high favour with William III. to whom, as well as to Queen Anne and George L he was P.C. He was Sec. of State for the North, 16S9-90 and 1691-99. He was el. and iuv. K.G.,25 April, and iust., 5 June 1694,('=) and was a: :S0 April 169 1, MA HQ I! ESS OF ALTON, co. Stafford, and DUKEt/) OF SHREWSBURY. He was, at various dates, L. Lieut, of the counties of Hertford, Worcester, Salop, Hereford, Anglesey, Flint, and Merioneth, besides (as above mentioned) Stafford. He was one of the Lurds Justices [Regent*] of England, May to Oct. 1695, May to Oct. 1696, April to Nov. 1697, and finally (after Queen Anne's death), 1 Aug. to 28 Aug. 1714. (K) Chamberlain of the Household to Will. III., 1699—1760, to Queen Anne, 1710-14, and Geo. 1., 1714-15 ; Ambassador to Paris, 1712-13 : Viceroy of Ireland (as L. Lieut.), Sep. 1713 to Sep. 1714 : L. Hum Treasurer. 30 July to 11 Oct. 1714, during the [ait days of Queen Anne and until the arrival of her successor^ 1 ) whose proclamation he signed. He was Groom of the Stole and Keeper of the Privy Purse to Geo. I. in 1714. He hi., 1 ) at Home, 20 Aug. 1705, Adelaide, " widow of a Count [Brachiano ?] belonging to the late King of Sweden, "( k ; da. of Andrew, Mahqcis Paleotti, of 'tis laid, the Duke slept with her in his bloody shirt." She is even said, disguised as a Page, to have held the Duke's horse during the encounter. The intrigue is thus commemorated by Pope— " Gallant and gay in Cliveden's proud alcove The bower of wanton Shrewsbury and love." (■') His elder brothers, Conyers aud George (children by the first wife}, both d. young. ( h ) See their names in vol. i, p. 28, note " a," sub " Abingdon." (•) See vol. i, p. 28, note " b," tub " Abingdon," for a list of these. (*) See their names in vol. v, p. 35, note "c," sub " Leeds." (°) He was the 7th Earl of Shrewsbury who had been so elected, tho' none have subsequently been so honoured. See vol. vi, p. 59, note M b," sub " Norfolk," as to the number of these Knights in various families. 0 This was the 5th of nine Dukedoms conferred at that date by William III. See vol. ii, p. 274, note " a," sub " Clare." (6) See list of these officers on all these occasions in vol. iii, p. 115, note "c," and p. 116, note "b," sw6 " Devonshire." (JO He was the last person who held this important office. See vol. vi, p. 177, note "e," sub " Oxford." He held also, at the same time, the office of L. Chamberlaiu of the Household and that uf Viceroy of Ireland. (>) This was not hia first essay for a wife. Luttrell (" Diary" 28 Feb. 1692/3), writes of him that he " is gone into Glamorganshire to marry Mrs. Thomas, an heiress, granddaughter to the Lord Wharton; her fortune £4,000 per auu. aud £15, COO in money." ( k ) "Collint,'' vol. iii, p. 64, quoting, apparently, from Bp. Burnet. He mentions also her " great tnauy engaging qualities " and his "generous as well as amorous dis- position," and that [notwithstanding this disposition] " the story which went current in England that he was bullied into this marriage by two of her brothers iu Italy was entirely false." Lady Cowper, however, in her diary, says that " all the world knew